The exhibitions present the works consisting of costumes, videos, images, drawings of 8 masters who have passed the course of Costume Design and Visual Arts 2018 of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp.

The 8 masters and projects are:

Ruby Renteurs (Belgium) “Is perfection killing us?”

Cisse Royens (Belgium) “The landscape disappears, the view remains”

Vittoria Spadafora (Italy) “ Moving person”

Eleni Theodoropoulou (Greece) “Waiting room”

Elina Valdmane (Latvia) “Six ways to find your way home”

Sietske Van Aerde (Belgium) “1.000 costumes make one hell of a party”

Mieke Vandensande (Belgium) “Guide Lines”

Manuela Vilanova (Uruguay) “Invisible Unquiet Bodies, Still Silent”

The work of the eight graduates of the Master Theatre Costume Design presented in the exhibition is representative for the individual approach of the Antwerp Academy. Exploring the amazing life of bees, Ruby Renteurs designed costumes integrated in a playful series of videos. Cisse Royens positions costumes in different landscapes. Through photography and video, he manipulates the presence of the costume and the person that wears it. Vittoria Spadafora investigated what the influence of moving to Antwerp would be on her design. In a metaphorical way, her costumes became a kind of travel diary. Eleni Theodoropoulou questions the relationship between people and their personal space. ‘Chairifying a body and bodyfying a chair’ summarizes her project. Elina Valdmane designed costumes appealing to a number of senses that are linked to the subject of finding your way home, an essential aspect in the life of blind people. Sietske Van Aerde started drawing 1.000 possible costume designs and made a selection that were developed into sculptural costumes and presented in a movie. Mieke Vandensande made an installation that manipulates the movement of the people in the performance space. The project of Manuela Vilanova consists of a performative installation exploring the ghosts of her past. It aims to deconstruct and transform gender stereotypes created by submission, in a society she finds dominated by male interests.
Entrance to the exhibition in Venetian Lido is free. Entrance to the exhibition in Venice, Palazzo Mocenigo Museum of Fabrics and Costume is with reduced entrance ticket for those who take part in the guided tour organized on the 11th October 2018.
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#MILANODAKAR
DESIGN AND GRAPHIC ART EXHIBITION

#MilanoDakar is an exhibition of different creative identities (makers), Italians and Africans with the aim of offering a dynamic vision of contemporary design in which the work of Italian and African makers enhances each other.

The selection of works by African makers aims to allow a new perception of African design in the context of the contemporary design market. This perception is aroused by the high manufacturing and creative quality of the exhibited works. The selected works of both African and Italian makers are made of materials such as fabric, wood, metal, ceramics, glass and they are furnishing accessories, fabrics, fashion accessories, furniture and everyday objects.
The design works will be integrated by works of graphic art with the intent of giving a wide perspective of African and Italian social dimensions.

#MilanoDakar will take place in miFAC GALLERY in Palazzo SIAM, in the Milano old town centre during the Fuorisalone2018, from 17th to 22nd April 2018.
The exhibition is produced by Euroinnovators in cooperation with Artemest.

District Coordinator : 5Vie Art+Design
Curators and exhibit design: Michela Codutti Italian Makers
Rebecca Hoyes African Makers. Rebecca Hoyes took part at few African design projects. She has cooperated with Design Network Africa and is member of First Eleven Studio
Graphic Design: Vincenzo Insinga Minusarch

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Furthermore, euroinnovators co-organizes and co-produces calls and awards. euroinnovators cooperates with national and international institutional and non institutional partners too.
euroinnovators was founded by Michela Codutti in 2014. Michela Codutti is an interior designer and talent scouter. Since 2015 Michela Codutti cooperates with professionals coming from Italy and Europe in creating new visibility opportunities.